A Deecoded Life

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Fifth Year Anniversary

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I can’t believe it’s been five whole years since I wrote my first entry in this blog. Can’t believe that the most inconsistent girl in the world actually managed to maintain something for that long – churning out 800+ posts ain’t no joke. It was my friend Flisha who first told me that there is […]

Raining with Kindness

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Yesterday I was issuing an invoice to a customer (cashiering is just one of my myriad of roles – HR, payroll, AP, AR, GL, you name it, I’m it.) when I spied the guy he was with and his bag of stuffed toys. I suppose I gave it a cursory glance because I was curious […]

Austine in Istana

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My high school and college classmate Austine visited his girlfriend Tyne (who is also my college classmate) in Singapore. Cate, Ervyn, Boom and I met the couple for dinner at Just Acia near the Dhoby Gaut MRT station. Unlimited drinks and ice cream! our set up in Just Acia (in a distorted way of looking […]

Tapa King Singapore

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Tapa King opened a franchise in Singapore this March, so we decided to check it out. One more reason to drop by Lau Pa Sat! I went with Betchie, Yves and Arlyn. I had the tapa king meal with a side order of salted egg with tomatoes. They served their meals on a sheet of […]

Cate & Rodel Turn 28

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For Catey’s birthday, I thought of recomposing a song and serenading her with it. Since she loves Glee, I decided to use “Take a Bow.” I rewrote the lyrics to suit her, printed it out for my flatmates, then we rehearsed it in the living room while the birthday girl slept in our bedroom. We […]

9 99’ers

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My high school classmates Jotie and AJ (and AJ’s girlfriend) came to Singapore for a vacation last week. We met them for dinner in Makan Sutra Gluttons Bay last March 2. It was a high school batch reunion in Singapore – 9 99’ers (1999 high school graduates) together! Dinner in Makan Sutra Gluttons Bay 3 […]

Back in Hougang

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Last Saturday, we were unceremoniously kicked out of our flat when our landlord found out that we were harboring an “illegal tenant.” He gave us a week to leave. See, we didn’t know that it was an offense because in Hougang we had let Tatsie and Dada live in our flat without informing anyone. But […]

ABS CBN Interview

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I don’t really have time to blog because I’m supposed to be writing something else (which I will blog about one of these days if it turns out okay) but I just have to blog about this like right now. This afternoon, we were interviewed by ABS CBN’s Ryan Chua about absentee voting and the […]

Belated Valentine’s Surprise

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Ervyn surprised us with chocolate-covered marshmallows tonight. He says it’s his belated Valentine’s gift because he felt guilty that he didn’t get us anything on that day while we got ice cream bars and Meiji chocolate for everyone. There’s a reason why my Lenten sacrifice is pork and beef instead of chocolates. 😀

CNY Celebration

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Today, our boss personally handed out our Chinese New Year bonuses in red packets. When he gave me mine, he told me to work hard – not that he’s implying that I’m a slacker, it’s just that I’ve only been a month in the company and should not have a bonus. But he explained last […]